Esophageal Perforation After Failed Prehospital Intubation

Esophageal perforation is a rare condition with high rates of mortality if not recognized quickly. This is a case of a 67-year-old male with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. He had one failed intubation attempt prior to arrival. On postmortem autopsy it was discovered that in addition to...

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Autores principales: Pomeranz, Kaila, Mohr, Nicholas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6075498/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30083646
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2018.6.38088
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description Esophageal perforation is a rare condition with high rates of mortality if not recognized quickly. This is a case of a 67-year-old male with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. He had one failed intubation attempt prior to arrival. On postmortem autopsy it was discovered that in addition to significant head trauma he also had an esophageal and gastric rupture.
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spelling pubmed-60754982018-08-06 Esophageal Perforation After Failed Prehospital Intubation Pomeranz, Kaila Mohr, Nicholas Clin Pract Cases Emerg Med Case Report Esophageal perforation is a rare condition with high rates of mortality if not recognized quickly. This is a case of a 67-year-old male with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. He had one failed intubation attempt prior to arrival. On postmortem autopsy it was discovered that in addition to significant head trauma he also had an esophageal and gastric rupture. University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2018-07-16 /pmc/articles/PMC6075498/ /pubmed/30083646 http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2018.6.38088 Text en Copyright: © 2018 Pomeranz. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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